Acquisition
AI leadership restructuring, IT policy oversight on tap in 2021 NDAA
The House Armed Services Committee began marking up its draft of the 2021 defense policy bill with some focus on artificial intelligence efforts and oversight of IT policy.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Awards Anchore Phase II Contract to Advance DevSecOps
The company aims to further develop technology to scan containers for malware and viruses.
Modernization
Federal cloud demand shifts to apps
The remote work challenges under the COVID-19 pandemic mean that once "nice-to-have" technologies are now mission critical, leaders said.
Modernization
DOD wants to overhaul its software development by 2025
The Defense Department wants virtually all of its new software initiatives to use modern software development methodologies, such as agile and DevSecOps, by 2025.
Ideas
COVID-19 Has Exposed the Need to Invest in Digital Infrastructure
Even before the increased demand caused by COVID-19, much of our digital infrastructure was so poorly designed as to be hostile to users.
Emerging Tech
The Air Force’s Platform One Team Thought It Was Agile. Then COVID-19 Hit.
The pandemic pushed the service’s internal DevOps team to hit a 10-updates-a-day deployment schedule for a new secure communications platform.
Digital Government
Army eyes Kessel Run model to boost software capabilities
The Army's chief technology officer, William Robinson, said the service is planning to emulate the Air Force's model to improve computing at the edge.
Ideas
Learning from New Jersey: Why Government Organizations Should Cut Ties with COBOL
COBOL is an aging programming language and its workforce is no different.
Modernization
GSA Offers Techniques for Quickly Coding Policy Changes
Coders from the General Services Administration offer examples for how agencies can turn administration policy into digital computer code.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Organizations Find Software Containers ‘Most Challenging’ IT Component
The popularity of software containers grows even though some organizations aren’t sure they can secure them.
Digital Government
Air Force wants $150 million for Space Force software pilot in 2021
The Air Force is staying on brand with its 2021 budget request for $150 million for a software and digital technology pilot program for the new Space Force.
Digital Government
Why feds shouldn't fear GitHub
Agencies shouldn't be afraid to leverage open-source tools like GitHub during software development, a USCIS IT official said.
Digital Government
Agencies look to 'low code' to speed development
Increasingly federal agencies are looking to easy-to-use "low code" development techniques to build public-facing apps.
Acquisition
Air Force gears up for first 'connect-a-thon'
Will Roper, the Air Force's acquisition head, said one of the best ways to prove budget needs to Congress is to show effects in the first event that centers around virtually connecting aircraft platforms.
Digital Government
VA's pivot to agile
With 10 months on the job, Veterans Affairs CIO Jim Gfrerer is pushing his organization toward a culture of constant delivery.
Cybersecurity
CBP taps CACI for $1.8B modernization contract
Customs and Border Protection awarded an $1.8 billion back-office IT modernization contract through the General Services Administration's assisted acquisition service.
Acquisition
DOD to get interim agile software rules
A new adaptive acquisition framework being rolled out by the Defense Department will boost software development.
Modernization
New rules of the road for $4B DHS financial management buy
The Department of Homeland Security announced it would eliminate conflict-of-interest restrictions in a pair of highly connected procurements to allow vendors to bid on both.
Modernization
How OPM Cut the Paper Out of the Performance Review Process
So far, the USA Performance app tracks more than 35,000 federal employees—a number expected to more than double in 2020.
Cybersecurity
NSA official: 'Dumb' software supply chain attacks still prevalent
Vulnerabilities in the software supply chain may represent a larger cybersecurity threat over the long haul than threats to physical hardware.
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